Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Wonbo Lee

Youngwook Kim

Youngki Hong

Sangcheol Lee

Ansik Shin

Jinhyoung Kim

Hongshik Kim

Taewan Kim

Songyean Cho

Jangwoo Lee

Sojeong Park

Jaewon Jang

Hyeon-Jin Kang

Jungsam Kim

Hyunsang Park

Young Ki Hong

Jung-Hwan Lim

Sungin Kim

Milim Lee

Niladri Ray

Sungki Suh

According to various embodiments of the present invention, disclosed are a method for supporting an edge computing service (e.g. multi-access edge computing (MEC) service) and an electronic device therefor. An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises a network interface and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: transmit a first request message for first authentication to an authentication server; acquire, from the authentication server, first authentication information according to a first authentication result; transmit a second request message for second authentication to a proxy server on the basis of the first authentication information; acquire, from the proxy server, second authentication information according to a second authentication result; and access the proxy server on the basis of the second authentication information so as to perform a discovery procedure. Various embodiments are possible.

Method for edge computing service and electronic device therefor

A device and method for improving data transmission and reception throughput in an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit for communication with a designated network, a processor including a multi-core, and a memory. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to detect a new data flow on the basis of the communication circuit, identify the type of the network connected via the communication circuit, identify, on the basis of a policy related to the identified network, a boosting start condition for the new data flow, and when boosting for the new data flow starts, set the frequency of a core, which processes a packet related to the new data flow, to a designated frequency.

Method and device for increasing network data speed in electronic device

An electronic device and a method performed by an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a memory for storing at least one of an application or an edge enabler client (EEC), a communication circuit to be used for connection between the electronic device and at least one of a first server, second servers, or third servers, and a processor, wherein the application is configured to perform a service supported by a third server, and the processor can be configured to receive access information for access to the second servers from the first server, select a second server to be accessed, based on information related to locations of the second servers and information related to location of the electronic device in in response to the information related to the locations of the second servers included in the access information, and access the selected second server to perform the service.

Electronic device for performing edge computing service and electronic device operating method

An electronic device and an operating method of an electronic device are provided. The electronic device receives, from a first server, access information about a second server for accessing the second server, receives access information about a third server from the second server accessed based on the access information about the second server, in response to a service connection request using the third server of an application, checks the validity of the application based on data for verifying the validity of the application included in the access information about the third server, and performs the service by accessing the third server based on the result of identifying the validity of the application.

Electronic device for performing edge computing service, and operating method of electronic device

Various embodiments of the present invention provide a method and electronic device for supporting an edge computing service (e.g., a multi-access edge computing (MEC) service). An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises a network interface, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire, using the network interface, information relating to applications which can be provided within a base station or to at least one external server connectable through the base station by the at least one external server; select an external server including an application corresponding to a specified condition, on the basis of the information relating to the applications; and perform data transmission with the selected external server. Various embodiments are possible.

Method and electronic device for providing multi-access edge computing service using multi-access edge computing discovery

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a network connection device, at least one processor, and a memory operably connected to the at least one processor, wherein the memory store instructions which are configured to, when executed, control the electronic device to receive a data packet from the network connection device, identify an Internet protocol (IP) type of a server, based on header information of the received data packet, identify information related to packet mergence set according to the identified IP type of the server and an IP type of the electronic device, and merge the data packets received from the network connection device or flush the data packets as a network stack, based on the identified information related to the packet mergence.

Electronic device and method for electronic device processing received data packet

An electronic device and an operation method of an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a memory for storing multiple applications including a first application, an edge enabler client (EPC), and multiple domain name system (DNS) caches allocated to each of at least some applications of the multiple applications and/or mapping data obtained by mapping identification information of the at least some applications to the multiple DNS caches; a communication circuit used for a communication connection of an edge service provision server and/or an edge network management server through a base station; and a processor configured to receive, from the first application, an access request for the edge service provision server that the first application desires to access; identify whether a DNS cache corresponding to the first application exits in the multiple DNS caches based on the mapping data and identification information of the first application, acquire an internet protocol (IP) address corresponding to a domain address included in the access request in case that the DNS cache corresponding to the first application exists, and access the edge service provision server based on the acquired IP address and perform the service.

Electronic device for performing edge computing service and operation method of electronic device

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise: at least one processor and at least one communication processor. The at least one processor may be configured to: obtain a user equipment (UE) route selection policy (URSP) rule including a first traffic descriptor including a first IP address and a first route selection descriptor corresponding to the first traffic descriptor and request the at least one communication processor to establish a first PDU session corresponding to the first route selection descriptor. The at least one communication processor may be configured to: establish the first PDU session corresponding to the first route selection descriptor in response to the request to establish the first PDU session. A first network interface corresponding to the first PDU session may be established between the at least one communication processor and the at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to identify transmission data from an application executed by the at least one processor, request the at least one communication processor to transmit a first transmission packet including a first source IP address corresponding to the first network interface and the transmission data, through the first network interface, based on a destination IP address corresponding to the transmission data corresponding to the first IP address, and request the at least one communication processor to transmit a second transmission packet including a second source IP address corresponding to a second network interface, different from the first network interface, and the transmission data, through the second network interface, based on the destination IP address corresponding to the transmission data not corresponding to the first IP address.

Electronic device transmitting and/or receiving packet through network slice and method for operating the same

An electronic device includes a memory, a communication circuit, and a processor. The memory is configured to store an application and an edge enabler client. The communication circuit is configured to communicate with at least one of a first server, a second server, or a third server. The application is configured to perform one or more functions corresponding to the third server. The processor is configured to receive access information for accessing the second server from the first server. The processor is configured to receive access information of the third server from each of a plurality of second servers. The processor is configured to check at least one or more third servers capable of providing a service The processor is configured to select the third server to request access among a plurality of third servers. The processor is configured to perform the service using the selected third server.

Electronic device for performing edge computing service and method for the same

A multicore electronic device is provided. The multicore electronic device includes a multicore including a plurality of cores, each core being configured to process packets in a driver core layer, a network processing core layer, and an application core layer, and a memory configured to store executions instructions for causing a first core of the plurality of cores to, when the packets are received, identify a location of a driver core for delivering the packets to an operating system domain, a location of an application core for processing the packets in a user domain, and a processing amount, determine a location of a network processing core for processing the packets based on at least one of the location of the driver core, the location of the application core, and the processing amount of the session, and control the network processing core to perform network stack processing on the packets.

Multicore electronic device and packet processing method thereof

An electronic device and an operation method of an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a memory storing an application, an edge enabler client (EEC), and/or a user equipment (UE) route selection policy (URSP) rule used for producing a session used by the electronic device, a communication circuit used for a communication connection between the electronic device and at least one of a first server, a plurality of second servers, or a third server disposed outside the electronic device, via a base station, and a processor, the application being configured to perform, in the electronic device, one or more services corresponding to an application executable in the third server, and the processor is configured to identify identification information of the EEC and identification information of an EEC included in the URSP rule, in response to activation of the EEC, to set a first packet data unit (PDU) session.

Electronic device for performing edge computing service and a method for the same

An electronic device including a wireless communication circuitry, a processor including a plurality of cores, and a memory. The processor receives a packet of a first session associated with a first core among the plurality of cores, identifies whether a core associated with the first session is changed to a second core different from the first core, sets pending information based on an amount of packets which are pending in a first packet of the first core when it is identified that the core is changed to the second core, stores data corresponding to the received packet of the first session in a pending buffer of the memory, and inserts the data corresponding to the received packet of the first session, stored in the pending buffer, into a packet queue of the second core.

Method for processing network packets and electronic device therefor

The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining a 5G communication system with IoT technology to support a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, and a system thereof. The present disclosure can be applied to 5G communication and IoT related technology-based intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety related services, etc.). The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for a first network device in a wireless communication network to control traffic of a terminal, and the method of the present invention comprises the steps of: a first network device detecting a first flow in a second network device connected to the first network device after a particular point of time; confirming whether the detected first flow is associated with a first terminal connected to the second network device after the point of time; and controlling traffic for the flow of the terminal on the basis of the confirmation result.

Method and apparatus for controlling traffic of network device in wireless communication network

An apparatus and a method for managing power consumption for each power consumption element in an electronic device and updating a power profile is disclosed. The electronic device estimates current power consumption of the electronic device based on unit power consumption corresponding to each target hardware component set in the power profile and monitors whether an update of the power profile is required. If it is determined that the update of the power profile is required, the electronic device may update the power profile corresponding each target hardware component by consumption estimated in accordance with each target hardware component and consumption measured in accordance with each target hardware component.

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Wonbo Lee